Paul Theroux

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born

April 10, 1941

gender

male

place of birth

Medford, Massachusetts, The United States

website

http://www.paultheroux.com/

genre

Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction, Travel

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Paul Edward Theroux is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best known work is The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), a travelogue about a trip he made by train from Great Britain through Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, through South Asia, then South-East Asia, up through East Asia, as far east as Japan, and then back across Russia to his point of origin. Although perhaps best known as a travel writer, Theroux has also published numerous works of fiction, some of which were made into feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast.

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avg rating: 3.69 | 8,028 ratings | 1,111 reviews | 89 distinct works | 34 fans

	Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown by Paul Theroux avg rating 3.90 — 1,063 ratings — published 2002 13 editions	my rating:
	The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux avg rating 3.69 — 1,021 ratings — published 1982 23 editions	my rating:
	The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux avg rating 3.89 — 656 ratings — published 1975 29 editions	my rating:
	Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux avg rating 3.95 — 510 ratings — published 1988 14 editions	my rating:
	The Old Patagonian Express by Paul Theroux avg rating 3.80 — 436 ratings — published 1979 25 editions	my rating:
	Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific by Paul Theroux avg rating 3.87 — 426 ratings — published 1992 14 editions	my rating:
	The Pillars of Hercules by Paul Theroux avg rating 3.74 — 278 ratings — published 1995 10 editions	my rating:
	The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain by Paul Theroux avg rating 3.64 — 281 ratings — published 1983 12 editions	my rating:
	Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux avg rating 3.34 — 260 ratings — published 2001 11 editions	my rating:
	Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings by Paul Theroux avg rating 3.75 — 212 ratings — published 2000 8 editions	my rating: